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1	Oresteia more books like this by Aeschylus Aeschylus' famed plays Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides comprise the Oresteia, which uses the dark and convoluted story of a family curse, and a long history of murder and revenge, to raise haunting questions about the nature and the price of justice. In Agamemnon, the Argive king reaches home following his victory in the Trojan ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Prometheus Bound more books like this by Aeschylus The myth of fire stolen from the gods appears in many pre-industrial societies. In Greek culture Prometheus the fire-stealer figures prominently in the poems of Hesiod, but in Prometheus Bound Hesiod's morality tale has been transformed into a drama of tragic tone and proportions. In the introduction to this edition Mark Griffith examines how the ... see all copies from £2.92! new only from £4.67! \| first editions
3	Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, the Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, the Persian more books like this by Aeschylus, Philip Vellacott (Translator) Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In "Prometheus Bound", the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punished by Zeus for daring to improve the state of wretchedness and servitude in which mankind is kept. "The Suppliants" tells the story of the fifty ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £8.08!
4	The Oresteian trilogy : Agamemnon, the Choephori, the Eumenides more books like this by Aeschylus What is justice? How is it related to vengeance? Can justice be reconciled with the demands of religion, the violence of human feeling, the forces of fate? These questions, which puzzled thoughtful Athenians in the decades after the battle of Marathon, provided the theme for "Agamemmon", "The Choephori" and "The Eumenides" - those grim tragedies ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.32! \| first editions
5	Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation bearers, The Eumenides. by Aeschylus "These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."--Robert Brustein, "The New Republic" "This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."--Kenneth Rexroth, "The Nation" "The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have ... see all copies from £3.61! new only from £9.36! \| first editions
6	The Persians more books like this by Aeschylus A ghost summoned with bizarre rituals from the underworld, the elaborate protocol of the Persian court, desperate lamentation, self-mutilation, and a thrilling eye-witness account of the battle of Salamis these are some of the features of Aeschylus' Persians which make it one of the most exciting examples of ancient theatre. As the earliest ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £9.84! \| first editions
7	The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus II more books like this by Aeschylus, David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor) The Grene and Lattimore edition of the Greek tragedies has been among the most widely acclaimed and successful publications of the University of Chicago Press. On the occasion of the Centennial of the University of Chicago and its Press, we take pleasure in reissuing this complete work in a handsome four-volume slipcased edition as well as in ... see all copies from £6.53! new only from £7.80!
8	The Complete Greek Tragedies more books like this by David Grene, Richmond Alexander Lattimore see all copies from £5.65! first editions
9	Aeschylus: Agamemnon more books like this by Aeschylus, Philip de May (Editor), John Harrison (Editor) Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, which include suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage ... see all copies from £2.21! new only from £6.14! \| first editions
10	The Oresteia of Aeschylus: A New Translation by Ted Hughes more books like this by Ted Hughes (Translator), Aeschylus In the last year of his life, Ted Hughes completed translations of three major dramatic works: Racine's "Phedre," Euripedes' "Alcestis," and the trilogy of plays known as at "The" "Oresteia," a family story of astonishing power and the background or inspiration for much subsequent drama, fiction, and poetry. "The Oresteia"--Agamemnon, Choephori, ... see all copies from £6.91! new only from £8.96!
11	The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus I more books like this by David Grene (Editor), Richmond Alexander Lattimore (Editor), Aeschylus "These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."--Robert Brustein, "The New Republic" "This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."--Kenneth Rexroth, "The Nation" "The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have ... see all copies from £6.48! new only from £8.59!
12 view cover	The Oresteia more books like this by Alan Shapiro (Editor), Peter Burian (Editor), Aeschylus Aeschylus' famed plays Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides comprise the Oresteia, which uses the dark and convoluted story of a family curse, and a long history of murder and revenge, to raise haunting questions about the nature and the price of justice. In Agamemnon , the Argive king reaches home following his victory in the Trojan ... see all copies from £9.80! new only from £10.07!
13 view cover	Aeschylus more books like this by Aeschylus, David R Slavitt (Editor) This final volume of the tragedies of Aeschylus relates the historic defeat and dissolution of the Persian Empire on the heels of Xerxes disastrous campaign to subdue Greece, the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the throne of Thebes, the story of fifty daughters who seek asylum from their uncle, the king of Egypt, because of his demand ... see all copies from £6.32! new only from £10.94! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Seven Against Thebes more books like this by Aeschylus A major edition of Aeschylus' play, the Septem Contra Thebas or Seven Against Thebes, providing a significantly new text, introduction, and full scale commentary. The book deals comprehensively with every important aspect of the play, both in detail and in overview, and offers a fresh approach to its overall interpretation. An invaluable tool for ... see all copies from £3.17! new only from £3.17! \| first editions
15 view cover	Aeschylus' Prometheus bound more books like this by Aeschylus, William C. Scott The myth of fire stolen from the gods appears in many pre-industrial societies. In Greek culture Prometheus the fire-stealer figures prominently in the poems of Hesiod, but in Prometheus Bound Hesiod's morality tale has been transformed into a drama of tragic tone and proportions. In the introduction to this edition Mark Griffith examines how the ... see all copies from £12.71! new only from £21.78!
16 view cover	Aeschylus more books like this by David R Slavitt (Editor), Aeschylus The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Arist see all copies from £8.42! new only from £10.91! \| first editions
17 view cover	Five Great Greek Tragedies: Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus more books like this by Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus Five of the greatest Greek tragedies, each in an outstanding translation, include "Oedipus Rex" and "Electra" by Sophocles (translated by George Young); "Medea" and "Bacchae "by Euripides (translated by Henry Hart Milman); and "Prometheus Bound" by Aeschylus (translated by George Thomson), a monumental work that examines relations between humans ... see all copies from £4.24! new only from £4.24!
18 view cover	Agamemnon more books like this by Aeschylus This paperback edition replaces the hardback first published in 1957. see all copies from £1.56! new only from £14.79! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies more books like this by Aeschylus, E D A Morshead (Translator) Classic trilogy by great tragedian concerns the bloody history of the House of Atreus. Grand style, rich diction and dramatic dialogue. Still powerful after 2500 years. see all copies from £3.73! new only from £3.73!
20	The Orestes Plays of Aeschylus more books like this by Aeschylus, Paul Roche (Translator) see all copies from £5.64! new only from £7.03! \| first editions
21 view cover	The lyrical dramas of Aeschylus more books like this by Aeschylus, John Stuart Blackie (Editor) see all copies from £2.02! new only from £24.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The House of Atreus more books like this by Aeschylus Classic work from the earliest of the three greatest of the Ancient Greek tragedians. see all copies from £6.25! new only from £10.10! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Suppliants more books like this by Aeschylus One of Aeschylus's earliest plays, "The Suppliants" is the first tragedy in an otherwise lost tetralogy. When Aegyptus tries to arrange marriages between his 50 daughters--the Chorus of Suppliant Maidens--and the 50 sons of his brother, Danaus, the daughters flee to Argos. King Pelasgus is forced to receive the suppliants, but in doing so, he ... see all copies from £5.21! new only from £11.26! \| first editions
24 view cover	Eumenides more books like this by Aeschylus, Alan H Sommerstein (Editor) Professor Sommerstein here presents a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, the climactic play of the only surviving complete Greek tragic trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus. Eumenides is of all Athenian tragic dramas the one most consciously designed to be relevant to the situation of the Athenian state at the ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £17.99! \| first editions
25 view cover	Nine Greek Dramas (1909) more books like this by Sophocles Euripides Aeschylus, Aristophanes see all copies from £7.05! new only from £89.59!

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